Aussie_As:whether Australia should be more embarrassed by its security agencies

Two ASIOnecdotes.

1. A friend of mine was trialled to work for ASIO as a cryptographer. They bounced him after the interview because his records and history matched his CV and interview too closely - they felt he was dangerously honest.

2. Another friend of mine wanted to check ASIO's history, so he looked them up in the phone book and called them. He was put through three people before they asked him how he had the phone number. It all culminated with a startled ASIO office worker saying, "Wait, we're in the farking phone book?"